If you’ve been wondering exactly where the contested Wilderness Wal-Mart location sits in relation to the battlefield, maybe Wikimapia can help. This satellite view shows the general area of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania battlefields. The spot Wal-Mart wants is on the upper left corner of the big rectangle in the center that’s marked “Chancellorsville/Wilderness Battlefield Park.”

As you can see from this closer view, the contested area is just a short distance away from Ellwood (Gouverner K. Warren’s headquarters during the Battle of the Wilderness) and the Lacy cemetery (famous as the spot where Stonewall’s amputated arm was buried after his wounding at the Battle Chancellorsville).

I was just looking over all the developments marked in the surrounding area, and holy cow—that’s one suffocated battlefield. I’d like somebody to explain to me how all that happened to one of the most critically important pieces of ground in American history.